The award is one Williams established years earlier when he served as president. Williams was recognized as a “Distinguished Warrior” in 2016 by the Urban League for his record of public service. More: Bill Ford looks to the future with big changes coming to Michigan Central Station More: Mayor Mike Duggan withdraws nomination of Conrad Mallett for city's top attorney Those were causes Williams "fought for every day he was with us," the statement said. "We will miss him dearly, but we know that his legacy will remain intact as a model for future leaders of our city and state to advance the cause of peace, justice, freedom and equality ideals," his family said in a statement. Williams served as president and CEO of the Detroit Urban League from 1978 to 1984 as a member of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners and as an executive for more than 17 years at Chrysler Corp., where he oversaw community relations before opening his own management firm. Williams died February 11, at his home in Grosse Pointe Woods after a brief illness, with his wife, Patricia, and his son Malik Marc-Levy and daughter Lauren, at his bedside, his family said. Among other achievements, Williams is credited with helping to forge a strong working and personal relationship between Milliken, a Republican who died in 2019, and former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, a Democrat who died in 1997.
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